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animators

noun

plural of animator

as in drivers

someone or something that gives life or vigor to

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Recent Examples of animators This innovation allowed animators to enhance Prue’s emotional intensity during the chase. — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026 Toward the end of a long, fruitless pitch meeting with a gaggle of writer-animators, Nickelodeon executive Mary Harrington put on Bartlett’s show reel. — Darryn King, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026 The team is also expected to include character artists, animators, editors, composers, sound designers, colorists and other creative collaborators. — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026 Not all users need as much graphics muscle as processing speed, but plenty of editors, animators, engineers, and other workers will lean on a strong GPU. — Matthew Buzzi, PC Magazine, 19 Sep. 2026 Later that year, Disney would create Pluto the Dog, though there remains widespread debate as to whether Walt Disney and his animators named him after the planet. — Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 24 Aug. 2026 All three animators who spoke to USA TODAY asked to remain anonymous out of fear of retaliation from others in the music industry and harassment online. — Krystie Lee Yandoli, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2026

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Noun

The deal drew concern from legislators and delivery drivers, who worried about reduced competition.

— Jay Ganglani, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
Standing up for carriage drivers cannot mean chaining their futures to a dying trade that risks lives every time a horse panics in traffic.

— Al Sharpton, New York Daily News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of drivers

Noun

Florida Poly’s department also plans to work with other regional law enforcement agencies.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
Kapszukiewicz thanked all community agencies that helped respond to the event, including those who assisted in evacuating residents and setting up shelters.

— Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of agencies

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The New Mexico attorney general filed a lawsuit Wednesday against two of Jeffrey Epstein's closest confidants, seeking to stop them from receiving payments for serving as executors of his estate.

— Graham Kates, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
Epstein owned the Zorro Ranch for decades Earlier this year, Indyke and Kahn agreed as executors of the estate to settle a class-action lawsuit brought against them by Epstein accusers for up to $35 million.

— Susan Montoya Bryan, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of executors

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Westlake coach Rick Clausen said his team’s game at Ventura High remains on because the school has generators if power is cut off.

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Data centers and trading floors run backup generators and failover sites because their businesses can’t stop when the power does.

— Ciaran Cosgrave, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of generators

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Commercial incentives persist Koh said shipping companies around the world have continued looking for opportunities to navigate the Strait since the conflict erupted, with some operators prepared to accept higher risks and costs.

— Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
These changes would reduce costs, free up management bandwidth and improve IPO formation incentives.

— Jeff Jacobs, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of incentives

Noun

Amazon is poised to get a considerable boost from a combination of catalysts, according to Morgan Stanley.

— Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2026
According to the scientists, the findings could provide a new strategy for making carbon catalysts without relying on metals.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of catalysts

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Ledger, especially, is a role model; his quietly strong performance in Brokeback Mountain was a touchstone for Whalefall — for both Abrams and director BrianDuffield, who included it on a Letterboxd list of inspirations for the film.

— Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2026
Of late, Holloway’s inspirations have included figures from history, music stars, actors and socialites such as the Duke of Windsor, Bryan Ferry and Charlie Watts.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026

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